Clean bee…

If you are a bee and you fall into a honey pot,  you need not wait for the good will of Christopher Robin.  Your hivemates will come  clean you   off so you can fly again.

 

 

Bees go for hot dogs…

New York City is never short on the interesting or the bizarre.  Bees swarming the  umbrella on a hot dog cart seem to qualify as both.   Fear not  —  they were rescued by a NYC cop who keeps bees himself.

 

 

Honeyguides…

Researchers have discovered that wild  birds understand  and respond to special calls made by humans when they want to enlist the help of the birds to locate bee nests.   The birds are after the wax,  the humans the honey,  so they are cooperating,  not competing.

I don’t know why the researchers seem surprised by this.   A number of species approach humans for assistance,  or offer it to them.   Animals survive because they are opportunistic.   If a particular behavior produces a benefit,  it is usually repeated so that the chances of survival are enhanced.

Electric bees…

Mother Nature is a clever old girl.   Apparently,  bees can sense  the weak electrical field flowers emit.

Pinky the wonder-puppy…

18-week old boxer puppies who adore their young owners can be exceedingly brave.

I’d like to think my rescued Big Girl would do the same,  but given her propensity for regarding everything as a food resource,  she’d probably eat the bees,  stingers and all.   That said,  nothing and nobody gets within 100 feet of my home without her letting me know,  and I am yet to see the thing which makes her back up instead of trotting confidently forward.